Maintaining Your Safe Zone-of-Fire

When hunting in a group, hunters should shoot only at game in front of them.

If three hunters are walking side by side hunting pheasants, the hunter in
the center will shoot at birds flushed in the middle which fly straight away.
The other hunters will shoot at birds flying toward their end of the line.

If a bird turns and flies back across the line of hunters, it’s best
if all three hold their swings and do not fire. The same is true of a rabbit
scurrying back between the hunters.

No hunter, especially when swinging on game, should allow his or her gun
to point at a person. Better to pass up a shot than risk injuring someone or
damaging property.

Everyone hunting in these situations should wear daylight fluorescent orange
whether it’s required by law or not.

Only one hunter should aim at the target. Also, hunters should only shoot if there is an adequate backstop. Don’t shoot at a “skylined” animal.